Houyoux

Well that is it. My time with Louise has come to an end. I'm now sitting on the train to Ghent to finish out my final 2 days in Belgium before returning to London and bringing my summer to a close. I've had a fantastic few days with Louise, living a real Belgium life haha. We arrived back from her sister's on Monday evening and spent Tuesday morning playing with her little chicken and exploring her backyard.

On Tuesday afternoon we took a drive around her local village, Thy-Le-Chateau. Apparently it was quite wealthy back in the day and had a lot of industry happening here. This has all since ended, which I think is usually the case for these small medieval villages. Today its quiet and beautiful.

We visited her Godfather's house, whom has a dairy farm. He makes his own butter, cheese and yoghurt, which are also sold in the local stores. We took a walk around looking at all the different cows, there were Belgian ones, German ones and Swiss ones, a couple of baby ones and big ones. We also picked plums and raspberries from the trees and made a tart when we got home. The tart had the butter from the farm and eggs from Louise's hens!! Something I really wanted to do.

Louise has a beautiful big house, with a matching big garden. It's beautifully landscaped, as her mum is a landscaper. It has a giant apple tree in the middle with a big grassy area for an outdoor party. There are chickens, hens, ducks and a swan roaming around.

Yesterday we took some time in the garden enjoying the sun and warm weather before heading to Brussels. Louise was catching up with three friends from high school and I was gate-crashing haha. We bought groceries at the store and had vegetable tacos, followed by chocolate dinosaurs. A must try I was advised.

Her friend had a beautiful big apartment, above a local pub that looked out over a big park. Together, it costs the four housemates E400 a month, that wouldn't even cover a small room in London! Maybe I'll move to Brussels haha.

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